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188616 pages. Contents: Spring Tailor Gowns - cover illustration; A Case of Survival; Women and Men - women as household decorations; Family living on $500 a year - VIL; New York Fashions - spring millinery, shapes of bonnets and hats, beads, gauze and crapes, ribbons, spring colors, flowers, laces, lace and silk jackets; Personal; Full-page illustration "Retaliation" shows cupid and his firing squad; Article and Illustration of King Theebaw and his wife; Illustration of Rangoon Burmese ladies; The Heir of the Ages - continued; Great centerfold illustration "The Nurses' Seat at the Orphanage of St. Valery" - from the picture by Paul Delance in the Paris Salon of 1885; The Orphanage of Saint Valery; Paston Carew, Millionaire and the Miser, by E. Lynn Linton - continued; Paris Fashions; Sketches at Monte Carlo; Muffs;;; Figaro Jacket; Bordered Wool Costume; House Toilettes; The Grand Old Palm-tree of Cos; humor. Average wear. Some yellow staining. Cover fold mostly open. Fore-edge tears to last two pages. A worthy copy. Book
187216 pages. Contents: Girls' and Boys' skating suits; Novelties in wax-work; Unhappy Wives; Manners Upon the road - of new-year's calls; New York Fashions - evening dresses, faille and silk, embroidered tulle over-skirts, white tulle dresses; Personal; Crochet purse; embroidered work-box; embroidered work-box; embroidered canvas work-bag; collar in Genoese embroidery; Knitted veil; The Lovels of Arden - continued; Sayings and Doings; Beautiful huge centerfold illustration of "Ball and Evening Dresses"; Euphemia's music-box; The Lady Correspondents at Washington; Playing-Cards; ball and eveniing head-dress of blue flowers and ribbon; bow of embroidered tulle and velvet ribbon; embroidered cloth rug; embroidered glove-box; laundry book; port-folio with application embroidery; tapestry border for key-bags, napkin-rings, etc.; Novel Names; humor. Average wear. Book
187116 pages. Content: Lady's watteau wrapper - front and back; Fish-Scale Flowers; Every Body to Blame; New York Fashions - the watteau wrapper, costumes, basques, over-skirts, lower skirts, polonaises, carriage costumes; evening and dinner dresses; Personal; Chair with embroidered cover; brown linen clothes-pin bag; intant's protector; gros grain apron; fault-finding; Otto of Roses; Ladies' and children's house dresses; lady's dinner dress; large illustration "Japanese Ladies at Their Toilette"; Paris Modes; My Big Blunder; Extremities - the head and hands; A Chinese Funeral in San Francisco; Useful Recipes; Will it Pay; Princess Johanna Von Bismarck; Mushroom Culture; Breton Women at a Pardon; and humor. Some staining. Average wear. Magazine
187216 pages. Contents: Lady's and Child's Dresses; Home-made carpets; Drying Flowers in the Sand; Siesta; Manners Upon the Road - of Safety-Valves; New York Fashions - wraps, the dolman, the sacque with cape, yak lace, house sacques, opera cloaks, the national dress trimming; Box for ironing utensils; Cover for Flat-Iron; Alphabet for marking Linen; Breakfast Caps - many nice illustrations; London's Heart; Service; Sayings and Doings; Fantastic centerfold consists of dozens of illustrations of shirts, caps, under-drawers, chemises, collars, etc.; At Rye - by Harriet Prescott Spofford; Paris Fashions; Niss Nilsson's Last Appearance - with illustration "Christine Nilsson's Last Night at Drury Lane Theatre, London"; Subsitute for Cream; Needle-work and tatted chemise yokes; buttons and button-holes for lingerie; needle-work, point lace, and crochet borders, rosettes, insertions, and edgings for lingerie; humor. Average wear. Clipping from cover page. Large clipping from page 619. Book
188616 pages. Contents: Ascot Toilettes - cover illustrations; Between Husband and Wife; Women and Men - who shall fix the value?; Family Living on $500 a Year - XXXIV; New York Fashions - autumn dress goods, pin-striped woollens, braid stripes, pomponettes, beaded corded and velvet stripes, plain wools and black stuffs, silk velvets, plaids and cross-bars, cloakings, dress trimmings; Personal; British Water Birds - illustration; British Land Birds - illustration; Open-air preaching by the sea-side - article and super centerfold illustration; The Woodlanders - continued; Paston Carew, Millionaire and Miserj - continued; Summer Beverages; A Lover of Flowers, by Mary Wilkins; Decorative hints from Mount Desert and the Adirondacks; Unwritten Laws; Quiet Obsequies; Watering-place Toilettes; Table Mat - canvas embroidery and plush; a bit of ancient court gossip; chair back with embroidered band; summer toilettes; corsages; some German sweetmeats; humor. Average wear and soiling Book
187116 pages. Contents: Cover illustration of an Apron-Polonaise Walking Suit.; The Jewel of Constistency, by Gail Hamilton; New York Fashions - The Apron Polonaise, Imported Suits, Spring Paletots; Personal; Tapestry Border for Chairs, Sofas, etc.; Neglige basket trimmed with ruches; Brioche with cloth and knitted cover; Netted Guipure Edging; Trimming for blouses, lingerie, etc.; Hannah (continued); Old Ladies' Flowers; Bizarre full-page illustration shows new bride and groom emerging from church... but bride is an elephant!; Illustration on page 201 has been removed; Familiy breakfasts and dinners - recipes; Sayings and Doings; Common Ugliness; Tricks of Countenance; April Showers - with illustration; Humor on back cover; and more. Unmarked. Average wear. Magazine
187016 pages. Contents: Ball and Evening Coiffures - cover illustrations; Shabby Gentility; Blot-Ting Papers - No. VIII; New York Fashions - style of making, ball dress materials, trimmings; coiffures; Personal; Infant's bib with crochet edging; trimmings for ball and evening dresses; Pelerine with hood; Britta's Christmas Gift; Sayings and Doings; Centerfold illustrations of Ball and Evening Dresses as well as seven gorgeous opera wrappings; Debenham's Vow - continued; Paris Fashions; Lovely full-page image of birds eating grain from "The Christmas Sheaf"; Two coiffures of ribbon and flowers; Low Blouse waist with peplum; blouse waist with sqauare neck; Management of plants in rooms; humor; and more. Average wear. Book
186916 pages. Contents: Mantelet with Hood; Black Lace Mantelet; How to Make True French Dolls; Ceasing to Grow; Sympathy with Sickness; Manners upon the road; New York Fashions - fall bonnets, materials, feathers, flowers, ribbons, the scarf veil, manner of trimming, round hats, fall wrapping; different trimmings for under clothing; Embroidered Chemise Yoke; Two Buttons for under clothing; Basket with Netted Guipure Cover; Crochet Rosettes; Rosettes for Covers; Braid and Crochet Insertions adn Edgings; The Line of Distinction; Paris Fashions; The Woman of the Future; Sayings and Doings; Amazing centerfold compilation of illustrations of dozens of clothing items including lady's drawers with shirr, lady's ttucked night-gown, peignoir with full sleeves, gentleman's under-drawers, Lady's chemise fastening on the shoulder, Pique dressing sack, and many more; Miss Maquand; Foreign proper names; Debenham's Vow - continued; Lovely large illustration of Lady Jane Grey; Woman's political rights in England; Humor; and more. Above-average wear. Book
187016 pages. Contents: Trained Evening Dress (on cover); Mouldy Lemons; New York Fashions - millinery, frou frou gauze, lace, flowers, feathers, jet ornaments, round hats, Personal; 4"x4" chunk missing from top corner of page 595; Antimacassar of serpentine braid lace stitch, and crochet; Embroidered honey-comb coverlet; House and street dresses; Tulle Foundation for Blouses, Veils, Fichus; Crochet Rosette; Ladies' and Children's House and Street Dresses; Art of Bouquet Making; Out of the forest - a Story of Hungary - part IV; Pickles; Sayings and Doings; Two large beautiful illustrations by Edouard Dubufe entitled "The Conscript's Departure' and"The Conscript's Return"; For the Ugly Girls - No. IV; Paris Modes; The Cryptogram - continued; Morning in the desert; "Peaches and Milk" - nice illustration of two black children drawn by W.L. Sheppard; What One can Hit Upon; Humor; and more. Average wear. Book
187016 pages. Contents: Ladies' and Children's Spring Toilettes - cover illustration; Ill-Regulated Temperament; Female Conversation; New York Fashions - summer bonnets, dinner and evening dresses, about dresses; Personal; Waist with square neck for girl from 14 to 16 years od; Medalions in application and satin stitch; silk and bead wall basket for dusters; Needle and Pin Case; Crochet edging for lingerie; Work-bag in Byzantine embroidery; Corners of borders in Byzantine embroidery; Netted Guipure edging for covers, curtains, etc.; Boy's Suspenders; Tapestry design for slippers, sachels, cushions, etc.; Spring Toilettes for children; Cashmere Shawls; My Private School; Sayings and Doings; Nice full-page illustration entitled "Fifth Avenue After Church" by C.G. Bush; Illustration "A Reception at the White House" by Henry J. Morgan; The Cryptogram - continued; Bridal Toilette - lovely illustration; Illustration - "Spring Flowers"; Humor; and more. Average wear. Book
1968Features: Perennial Favorite - Martha P. Neese writes about the Pine; Ikenobo School; The Artist Potter in Australia - Charles Swain of Sydney; Ichiyo School; Misho-ryu; Queen of Flowers - The Rose; Enshi School; Sogetsu School; Ryuseiha; Bonsai in America; Make your own Bamboo Containers; Wild Flowers of France; Old Roses of Luxembourg. Full-page Coke ad with Japanese model. Bit of writing atop front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1968Features: Happy (Painted) Rocks - for the person who has everything; The Land of Flowers - The Hawaiian Isles; Ohara School; Ryuseiha; The Magic of Camellias; Ichiyo School; Authentic Japanese Landscapes; Sogetsu School; History through Flowers; Ikenobo School; Fun with Flowers; Fall Exhibition; Kofu School. Full-page Japanese Coke ad (text in English) . A now unthinkable ad shows a girl about to bite into a hamburger with a dash of 'super seasoning Ajinomoto, The Original MSG'. Writing in top corner of front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1974Features: Chiko School; Saga School; Soami School; Sogetsu School; Ohara School; Ikenobo School; Splendor of Eucalypts; Australian Wild Flowers - The Magic of the Australian Bush; Transfer of Ise Shrine - Nation's revered sancuary observes the most solemn ceremony; Ryusei-ha School; Ichiyo School; Kenka - Iemoto Sofu Teshigahara and Miss Kasumi Teshigahara's dramatically powerful conception of the Temple rites 'Kenka' or 'Flowers for Buddha' at the Toji Temple in Kyoto were magnificent beyond description. Unmarked. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1978Features: Ryusei-ha School; Soami School; Ohara School; Koryu Shohtoh-kai School; Riei's Flowers - Herbaceous peony, Persimmon, Maple; Sakura; Morimono of the Chiko School; Ikenobo School; Saga School; Sogetsu School; Ichiyo School; Seifu Enshu School; Japanese Castles. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1985Features: Cover Artist - Shuji Wako; Ikenobo School; Chiko School; Sogetsu School; Rysei-Ha; If you were a Heian Lady; Kasen Yoshiura, Headmaster of Ryusei-Ha; Ichiyo School; Koryu Shohtohkai; Ohara School; Soami School; Saga Goryu; Waka; Flowers with a Flair. Average wear. Crease to front cover. A sound copy. Book
1989Features: Acacia - a Princess among Peas - many lovely colour photos; Floral Focus - Mimosa Acacia; Carrying on the Tradition - a visit with a Kasuri Master; Artistic Sen sibilities - celebrating 400 years of Rikyu; The International Garden and Greenery Exposition (Expo '90) offers a world of flowers; Flower wrapping for the seasons; Ikebana Portfolio; Hana Kagami - Color Harmony and Restrictions - part 3. Moderate wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
1991Features: Floral Focus - Japanese Apricot - Prunus Mume; The Wearable Art of Isey Miyake - Japan's Premier Fashion Designer; Window Dressing - Flowers, Fashion and drawing a fickle crowd - Kazutoshi Kuromasa, of Tokyo's boutique Nicole, is one of the most highly regarded floral display artists in the city; Dateline Japan; On Exhibition - Hanaishi - Ohara School - Takashimaya Department Store, Tokyo, May 23-28, 1991; Rising Stars - a revealing discussion between two future iemoto - Yuki Ikenobo and Akane Teshigahara; Ikebana Portfolio; Hana Kagami - Ikebana photography. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Many beautiful colour photos. A nice copy. Book
1999Features: Flowers of the Fields and Florists - Procuring Ikebana Materials; Face to Face - in the father's footsteps - the legacy of the Ohara School; Floral Focus - Eulalia; Ikebana Portfolio - gorgeous colour photos; Dolls for All Seasons - Toso dolls of Toshiko Ichihashi; Lacquer Times Three. Moderate wear. A sound copy. Book
1947304 pages. Cover: Painting "Vase of Flowers" by Paul Cezanne. Special Features: A Housewife Looks at Soap Opera; Why Religion Helps Mess Up the World; American Art: George Inness 1825-1894 (inc. full page "The Lackawanna Valley" painting); I Wanted a Baby Now!; We Don't Want a Baby Now!; Salem, Massachusetts; How to Think a Thought!; Let's Make It "The People's Red Cross"; The Red Cross: Memphis, Tennessee; In Youth Prepare for Old Age; Reading that Made History; How America Lives: "Growing Pains" Meet Lois Sutton; Don't Call Them Silly; and Immunizations in Childhood. Many articles on domesticity, fashion, decorating, food and homemaking (inc recipes), short stories and poetry. Ilustrators include: Al Parker, Jon Whitcomb and Haddon Sundblom. Full page colour vintage print advertising including Plymouth, Welch's Grape Juice, Florida Orange Juice and Seven-Up. Full page black/white ad with Rita Hayworth promoting Lux Toilet Soap. Average wear. Few small openings front/back panel at spine. A clean copy. Magazine
1979Features: Flowers and ferns for festive occasions; Lygodium japonicum Swartz; Dy-mything some of the mythology; and more Book
198946 pages. Text in English. Features: Museum Park Hohenlohe - photo essay by Roland Bauer; Leica R Portfolio - Willi Kleinfeld in the pottery; Practical tips - nature in your studio; Udo Bernhart - South Tyrolean Monks; Practical tips - flowers in a greenhouse; Flash for the home studio; Werner Kohler in Hungary; Riccardo Campanelli - Cavallieri Di Malta; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
193368 pages. A.J. Casson cover illustration of grass-cutting man mowing flowers while girl-watching. Contents: Great colour ad for Veedol motor oil inside front cover; Nice ad for International Trucks 2-ton trucks; Investors Syndicate ad features William H. Lotts, President of Overland Construction Company; Czar's Gold, by Robert Welles Ritchie; Roosevelt Acts - M. Grattan O'Leary reports on the "Prophet of Recovery" - including photo of President Roosevelt with Premier Bennett; A Sporting Gesture, by E. Phillips Oppenheim; Article on Sir Arthur Currie; Forgotten Money in Bank Accounts, by Grant Dexter; Ins and Outs of Sport - how different sports go in and out of favour; Arctic Air Trail - Flight Lieut. J.D.M. Gray and his plan to fly the "Sourdough", a Fairchild monoplane, across the Atlantic; False Colors, by Captain Dingle; Sleepy, by Beverley Owen; My Hat!, by Dora Sanders; The (Great) Depression, by Honorable E.C. Drury - Part 2 - Causes; Match Point, by John Holden; We Shouldn't Own Ships - O.F. MacKenzie argues that now that WWI is over the Canadian government need not own ships; A very lovely full-page colour ad for Campbell's Tomato Soup featuring a waving girl in a tomato-coloured dress and blue hat and jacket; Salesman of Music - Milton Blackstone and the Hart House Quartet which also includes Adaskin, de Kresz and Hambourg; Full-page Canada Dry ad shows boy and girl running; Europe Fears Treaty Revision; Nice Dominions Tire ad; New Guinea is Rich Gold Field; There are now 230 weekly comic strips; Great Wall is Useless Now; Modern Alarms Catch Burglars - electrical devices installed in banks make robbery practically impossible; Baseball has been changed by the Curve Ball and other Developments; Jerusalem now has Y.M.C.A.; Super-Markets Cause Concern - Large-scale grocery selling in cheap warehouses worries regular trade; Nice two-colour full-page ad for the new Chevrolet Standard Six and Master Six; The Future of Medicine; Vintage Dentyne chewing gum ad includes photo of Eskimo lady with healthy teeth; Lovely colour Shredded Wheat ad; Nice Champion Spark Plug ad features Eddie Miller in an Auburn 12 Speedster; Trans-Canada Long-Distance ad with contemporary prices per minute; Outdoor Weddings, by Helen G. Campbell; Lending Companies have Good Depression Record, by W.A. Higgins; Nice 2-colour ad for Northern Electric Electric range inside back cover; Nice ad for Kodak Verichrome Film on back cover. Address label upon front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
1952Features: Cover art by Franklin Arbuckle shows man selling flowers to Grey Cup lineup; Colour photo Parker Pen ad inside front cover; Editorial - 'Why Appease South Africa?'; Fantastic 4-page section of black and white photos of vintage toys plus descriptions - a list of Christmas toys provided by The Canadian Playthings Institute; Karsh Photographs the Face of Canada - beginning with Vancouver, 'A City Built on Timber - Water is a Secondary Theme' - the first of ten picture essays; Is the Liberal Party on the Ropes? - defeats of Liberal leaders in six provinces; They'll Keep the Pace - The New Pioneers of the Peace River Country, with colour photos; The Most Beautiful Girl on TV - Toby Robins - with 16 black and white photos; How to Bring Up an Only Child; The Spritely Czar of the CPR - William Van Horne; The City Where Dancing's A Crime - Trois Rivieres, Quebec - article with six black and white photos; Thoughts on Mackenzie King, by Bruce Hutchison; The Killer in the Snow - story by Will F. Jenkins, illustrated by Ben Turner; Granpa was a Freshman - at 52 Allan Hull enrolled at the University of British Columbia - with 3 photos; Lovely colour Kodak photo ad shows mother recording her son's height on doorframe; Great full-page colour illustrated Coke ad displays the four seasons; The Face that People Forget - Alec Guiness; *Fantastic* eight-page colour centerfold ad section for Chrysler, DeSoto, Dodge and Plymouth 1953 models; Colour photo ad for Heinz Soups; Colour-illustrated ads for Sunbeam Coffeemaster and Mixmaster; Two-colour ad for Austin cars; Colour ad for Waterman's Pens with Christmas theme; Ad for the General Electric Rotary Ironer; Colour full-page ad for Chevrolet; Nice colour Old Dutch ad on back cover. Moderate wear. Unmarked. Address label atop front cover. Binding intact. A sound copy. Book
1975Features: Sea Life of Canada's Western Shores; Grizzly Country - a vanishing heritage; Feathered Orphan; Cygnets of the Trumpeter Swan; Flowers of Canadian Conifers; Ecological Reserves in Canada - the work of IBP-CT. Few library markings. Average wear. Sound copy. Book
1980Features: In the Footsteps of Alexander Mackenzie - the Mackenzie - Grease Trail; Blossoms on the bough - a close look at the flowers of deciduous trees; Guilty until proven innocent - carcinogens in the environment; Ginseng - article by Gerry Kenney; Coastal Sand Dunes of Prince Edward Island; On the North Shore - where the piping plover soars. Few library markings. Average wear. Sound copy. Book